This is a review of the Dual Band Base Station VHF/UHF J-Pole HAM Antenna Review that I purchased from e-bay. Designed by Dr. Ed Fong WB6IQN. Here is a link …
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Archive for month: July, 2014
This week, as part of the Teachers Institute hosted at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, teachers were shown a number of ways to use Amateur Radio to captivate students and spark their interests in technology.
Instructor Mark Spencer, WA8SME, demonstrated how it was possible to control the movement of a robot via data packets sent through the International Space Station (ISS) digipeat…
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Downloading weather fax data with my Icom IC-M802 SSB radio underway.
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A grassroots effort is underway to encourage radio amateurs to promote co-sponsorship of HR.4969, the Amateur Radio Parity Act. The measure, introduced in the US House with bipartisan support on June 25, would call on the FCC to apply the “reasonable accommodation” three-part test of the PRB-1 federal pre-emption policy to private land-use restrictions regarding antennas. The bill’s primary spo…
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My homebrew, wideband software-defined radio receiver tunes and captures 8MHz of FM broadcast spectrum, for later demodulation in GNU Radio. Most recent blog…
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This ham radio coil-loaded 40 and 80 meter inverted V dipole HF wire antenna is easy to build! Loading coils make this antenna a full size on 40 meters and a…
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Doublet aerials for HF amateur ham radio and broadcast bands. A dipole fed with 300 ohm feeder can be used on all short wave bands. If you don’t have Google+…
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Repeating a story first published June 27, the ARRL has been notified by the QST iOS app vendor that a serious defect has been discovered that may cause the app to stop functioning.
ARRL is in discussions with the vendor to alleviate the problem. Until a solution has been found, however, members are urged to avoid updating their QST iOS apps.
This issue does not impact QST Android app users.
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Ham Radio Deluxe with CAT cable interface and audio cable to YAESU FT897D.
- Scout Sets Up Firehouse Ham Station for Back-Up Communication: Florida TV station Bay News 9 has reported that an Eagle Scout project turned into an “Everyday Hero” nomination for a Pinellas County teenager. According to Bay News 9, Parker Mitchell, KI4YAV, of Clearwater, Florida, the 18-year-old ham decided to create a backup communications system for a Palm Harbor fire station. “I decided sin…
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In a Notice of Violation (NoV) released June 5, the FCC has alleged that Thomas Ryan Price, W7WL, of Sweet Home, Oregon, caused malicious interference to other radio communications on 3908 kHz, transmitted music on the same frequency, and failed to properly identify. The FCC said agents from its Portland, Oregon, office on May 13, 2014, used radio direction-finding techniques to pinpoint the so…
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Listening to an amateur radio conversion in Auckland, New Zealand on the VHF band. Received with an EZCap RTL SDR (RTL2832) and SDR Sharp. Stock antenna was …
A group of Amateur Radio operators from Atlantic Canada is operating from Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, until July 12 in a bid to complete a 2 meter transatlantic contact and claim the Brendan trophy. The “Brendan Quest” team is on the air as VC1T from grid GN37os on 144.155 MHz. The group activated on July 4, and a couple of days later, on July 6 at 1341 UTC, G4SWX was able to completely decode an…
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ARRL Great Lakes Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE, has announced his retirement from the ARRL Board of Directors, effective at noon EDT on July 7. Great Lakes Division Vice Director Dale Williams, WA8EFK, of Dundee, Michigan, is the Division’s new Director. The Great Lakes Division is made up of Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.
ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, has appointed W. Thomas “Tom” Dela…
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This video documents the events and activities of the ARRL Field Day 2009. Duval County ARES and the Beaches Amateur Radio Society were the sponsors of the e…
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W6SFM Samuel F Morse Amateur Radio Club ARRL 2012 Field Day event held at Gibson Ranch Park North Highlands, Sacramento CA.
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I’ve set up an echolink Sysop LINK mode, a repeater (for WIA, ACMA approval) and installed a temperature sensor that shows me what temperature my transmitter…
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A live, near-real time scoreboard to track World Radiosport Team Championship 2014 (WRTC-2014) team standings will be available during the July 12-13 event. The scoreboard will be accessible directly or from a link on the WRTC-2014 website. The scoreboard uses an innovative data-collection method developed by WRTC-2014 Director (IT infrastructure and scoreboard) Dave Pascoe, KM3T, and Bob Raymo…
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A follow on to my last video, showing how to use the RTL SDR to decode digital voice with DSD. Links: VB-cable: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/ D…
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Used the SDR-J program (http://www.sdr-j.tk/index.html) to decode some Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radio entirely in software. Some stations like RNZ Conce…
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This video provides an introduction to the new TMS320DM365 digital media processor. This device includes an ARM9, a video processing subsystem (VPSS) inclu…
With no public announcement or fanfare, the Voice of America has phased out some 14 hours per day of international shortwave broadcast transmissions and will cease broadcasting on some of its customary frequencies, effective July 1. Another 10 hours of daily cuts have been made to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcasts. The Broadcasting Board of Governors …
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AE6IM skydives and does amateur radio at the same time.
Just fooling around and decide to call back to a Venezuela ham doing DX. Got thru on the first call to him despite a pile up. Thanks Yaesi ..Love this radio.
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This bulletin is a day early, as Friday is the day the United States celebrates its independence from the British Empire. Next week we will be back on the regular schedule.
The Earth-facing side of our Sun is suddenly crowded with clusters of sunspots, so this cycle definitely is not over. Over the past week average daily sunspot numbers rose 43.3 points to 115.6, while average daily solar flux …
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The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is preparing to activate for Hurricane Arthur Saturday, July 5, at 1100 UTC, on 14.325 MHz. These plans are subject to change. The storm is making its trek toward Nova Scotia, and the Net will be gathering ground-truth weather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami and the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax. Amateur Radio stations in the affected area sh…
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Ham Radio Candy Store in Tokyo Video via Ham Nation viewer KA2KNX Ham Nation Episode 122 Nov. 6, 2013.
Arthur, the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, now a Category 1 storm, has prompted the Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) to prepare for activation on July 3. Plans call for net operation to get underway on at 1600 UTC on 14.325 MHz. The National Hurricane Center’s WX4NHC will begin operations for Hurricane Arthur on July 3 at 2200 UTC, also on 14.325 MHz. A hurricane warning is in effect for the North…
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This video gives you the basics of Radio Propagation: Basic information that includes Sun Spots, Solar flux, K and A factors Why should you be interested in …
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The FCC is requesting to raise the Amateur Service vanity call sign regulatory fee from its current $ 16.10 to $ 21.60 for the 10-year license term. The $ 5.50 increase would be the largest vanity fee hike in many years. The proposal is contained in a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), “Assessment and Collection of Regulatory Fees for Fiscal Year 2014; Assessment and Collection of Regulatory F…
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This is the results of my first attempt at installing an amateur radio antenna. The G5RV is a 102′ wire flat top antenna with support for all the HF bands us…
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Late one night back in the ’70s, an 8 year old boy living in a small town in south Mississippi sat in his bed hiding under the covers listening to an old transistor radio that his great-grandmother had given to him. While tuning between stations he picked up a program that was being broadcast from Cuba. It was the first time he had heard a foreign accent. That experience played in the back of h…
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The curious Amateur Radio enforcement case of Glenn Baxter, now ex-K1MAN, of Belgrade Lakes, Maine, appears to winding down and may be at an end. The FCC dismissed Baxter’s long-standing license renewal application on June 23, invoking its “Red Light Rule,” which gives the Commission authority to turn down a pending application if the applicant has an unpaid fine on the books. Baxter was liable…
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This video demonstration showcases TI’s OMAP-L138 DSP+ARM processor in Critical Link’s convenient MityDSP-L138 SOM. The laser tracking demonstration implemen…
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The Hurricane Watch Net (HWN) is preparing to activate for Tropical Storm Arthur, forecast to be upgraded to a Category 1 hurricane. Initial plans call for net operation to get underway on July 3 at 1600 UTC.
“The current forecast track brings Arthur very close to the outer banks of North Carolina during the evening and overnight hours on Thursday,” said HWN Manager Bobby Graves, KB5HAV. “Since …
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This month’s QuickStats poll has been posted! Check the QuickStats page and answer these questions . . .
Are your primary satellite antennas fixed or rotatable?
Do you plan to install an antenna support tower at your home within the next year?
Do you participate in any regular VHF or UHF SSB nets?
Have you ever operated as a “rover” in a VHF+ contest?
Visit the QuickStats page and be sure to bookmar…
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ARRL Headquarters will be closed on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, and there will be no ARRL Audio News, W1AW bulletins or code practice on those days. ARRL Audio News will return July 11. We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Fourth of July holiday!
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Wave Mechanics Playlist at: http://www.youtube.com/user/InvariantSpace Shows how the superposition of two waves travelling in opposite direction will set up …
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One of the few Amateur Radio events that takes place on a fixed date each year and often during the week, the Canada Day Contest on July 1 commemorates the anniversary of Canada’s confederation. It’s sponsored by Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), and all are welcome to participate.
The contest runs from 0000 UTC until 2359 UTC on July 1, which means it gets underway the evening of June 30 in US ti…
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